I plan on assessing and grading my students through informal and formal assessments. Everyday I have a “Science Starter” for students to complete when they first come into class. This is an informal assessment that lets me asses the prior knowledge of my students on a particular topic or allows me to see if my students understand the concepts that were taught the previous day. Another informal assessment I will be using is giving out homework. This will reinforce the concepts I have taught in class and will let me know if students are understanding everything or if they are struggling and need to be retaught it.
The formal assessments I plan on giving will be through lab activities, lab write-ups, and quizzes. For several labs I am planning, students will be expected to write and 3-4 paragraph lab report with their data. The other labs will require the students to fill out a worksheet that will asses their knowledge of the lab. My big assessment I have planned will be a “Tic Tac Toe.” The students will be given a sheet with nine boxes all with different assignments to assess their knowledge of the unit. The students will be required to pick three of the assignments from the nine boxes in a row to complete the tic tac toe. This will be a good assessment because it will allow the students to choose the assignments they want to do to test their understanding of the unit and it addresses the “multiple intelligences” because each assignment is different and applies to different learning styles. This way there will be assignments that will fit each students learning style.
The formal assessments I plan on giving will be through lab activities, lab write-ups, and quizzes. For several labs I am planning, students will be expected to write and 3-4 paragraph lab report with their data. The other labs will require the students to fill out a worksheet that will asses their knowledge of the lab. My big assessment I have planned will be a “Tic Tac Toe.” The students will be given a sheet with nine boxes all with different assignments to assess their knowledge of the unit. The students will be required to pick three of the assignments from the nine boxes in a row to complete the tic tac toe. This will be a good assessment because it will allow the students to choose the assignments they want to do to test their understanding of the unit and it addresses the “multiple intelligences” because each assignment is different and applies to different learning styles. This way there will be assignments that will fit each students learning style.